Former Record worker passes

Was features editor's husband for 27 years

The Record's Anne Heymen once used her husband's first name in a column, and that didn't sit too well with him.

From them on, Donald Heymen was known as "You Know Who" in her weekly piece, "It's a Great Life."

And it had been. Anne and Donald had been together since 1970, when they met working at The Record, and had been married for 27 years.

But Anne lost her You Know Who on Tuesday, when Donald died at Moultrie Health and Rehab Center. He was 73.

Donald was born in Chicago but traced his roots back to the Minorcans here. He served in the Marine Corps Reserves, where he lost his hearing working near jets, and worked as a newspaper typesetter and in construction.

Sterling Heymen, Donald's son and Anne's stepson, said while his father's health had been "downhill" for the last few years, his death was still difficult to process Tuesday afternoon.

His father was always an avid hunter and fisherman, and St. Augustine had always been home, Sterling said.